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Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?
Let me re-iteraite what i am looking for.
I'm looking for mid quantity production run, maybe 50-100. Also
looking for a plastic enclosure with nothing fancy, just a box with
cutouts for I/O ports.
As for the CAD software, I don't need anything robust, just something
simple that can make what I described above. Free/open source would be
great.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak
<knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stephen Trier wrote:
>
>> As for software, the mechanical engineers at my workplace design cases in
>> Solidworks. It looks very expensive. :-)
>
> It is. Even here in academia, where CAD companies generally try to lure
> future users, the license was a subject of an investment grant.
>
> A viable alternative is varicad. (Prices in the hundreds rather than thousends)
>
>> Some of the hobbyist-oriented
>> 3-D printing houses accept Google Sketchup, which (I think?) has a no-cost
>> version. A sheet metal case could be designed in any 2-D or 3-D CAD package
>> or even a drawing program if you're careful. Finally, Ponoko accepts
>> Inkscape files, among others.
>
> A general drawing application should only be a last resort. They tend to
> be weak when it comes to exact sizes. QCAD has not been mentioned, yet.
> It is 2D only bu quite capable with that.
>
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